Blake Noble

"Papyrus Containing The Spell To Preserve Its Possessor Against Attacks From He Who Is In The Water" - Nile What a name!

You know, I do have a certain amount of Italian heritage from my mother's side of the family ...

Have a great day, sir.

flood

More powerful engine, bigger brakes, better handling, even some form of styling differentiation. It does sound like an interesting route to take, especially if there is no limit as to what car could be subjected to the Pontiac treatment.

snow

I will make a guess: Big Oil? It does not matter which form of Ethanol you support, Big Oil does make a gain from every bit of negative press against any form of Ethanol fuels. I still think that cellulosic Ethanol, however, is the long-term answer versus corn Ethanol if it can be mass produced, which there is no reason why we cannot fully develop such technology.

Well, that works too. Best not argue with the wishes of the misses. I suppose I could just trim out all of the odd colors, anyway. Sometimes it really bothers me. It makes me feel like an old Plymouth Sundance that was left abandoned at my old job and I hated that car; the door was red, the front quarter panels where white, the other door was black ...

That idea is very viable. To what extent could Pontiac "Pontiac-ize" a vehicle? Or would you rather not tell?

Are you sure you want to be called Irish, PCS? I am not sure why the strawberry blonde/red in my goatee is there. I know I have very little Irish heritage.

I find it funny that the previous European Civic Type-R is a better car than the newer one. I also have a friend who is from the UK and is planning on returning there at the end of the month. He was actually planning on buying a newer Civic soon after his return. Not that it is a bad car, it isn't, but I would rather buy an Alfa 147 over it, depreciation issues aside. That is what I advised him to look into after he returned home.

Umm ...

minus Did you forget your Ritalin, blu? j/k

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Oh, now why did you do that for, PCS? I felt flattered, sir, really. Mimicry is the sincerest form of flattery, you know. And be glad you don't have strawberry blonde strands of hair in your goatee like I do. Depending on the light, it looks like pure red, and I get called "Irish" or "Scottish." I greatly dislike that.

Copy-cat.

PC

Marijuana is no worse than drinking, really. Actually, drinking is worse. Not that I advocate either, I am just stating a simple fact.

You know, the politically-related angst I am seeing from the civilians of America (myself included) makes me wonder how much longer will it be before the people will speak up, loud and clear, and make a large effort to take this country back from its poorly corrupted state. Whoever becomes president of this nation after Bush had better start making great strides in restoring this country from the minute they are sworn into office and they had better do what is right for the people of this country, not for their own personal agendas, or any other politician's, for that matter. If not, I fear the growing unrest in this country will have unwanted consequences for them in the later stages of their term in Washington.

I have no idea which politician out there today that would be. Most politicians are nothing more than money-mongering lawyers and the like that buy their way into political power to stroke their own bloated egos and to tend to their crooked, self-beneficial political agendas. There are many politicians out there that are basically nothing more than petty criminals that deserve to be in a maximum-security correctional facility.

Bush is one of the many great disgraces to America in recent times. This man has done nothing for this country, other than totally mismanage it and leave it in a state of ruin. And fixing the damage he has done will take quite some time to repair, it will not be totally repaired within the next presidential term. It is because of the state that this country is in that I wish to spend some time in Europe after college while the $h! in the USA continues to hit the fan. I despise Bush's flawed energy policies; it is one example in a series of many blundering mistakes this man has done during his rather painful tenure in Washington. He understands nothing about what needs to be done to make this country energy efficient. Ethanol should be used, yes, but it should not come from corn. Using cellulosic sources would be the best way to go in my opinion, and I hope to God that someone in D.C. switches from corn Ethanol to cellulosic Ethanol after the technology to mass produce it comes online sometime in the near future (within the next decade, I assume, from what I understand). Cellulosic Ethanol offers much lower emissions compared to corn-based Ethanol fuels, is cheaper on a mile-per-dollar basis (cost is about a buck), yields a great energy return, and is very easy to renew. If we can get the technology online to use it, I want to see it being used, no excuses. Power stations should never use fossil fuels as a power source. NEVER. Every last one of them should be mandated to run on one of four options: solar, wind, water, or a closely monitored nuclear source. And that is only the beginning to set things straight. Bush will not do it, and I highly doubt anyone else in Washington would either.

The answer to E would be Mercedes-Benz, I think. I can't recall exactly which model, however. I am not totally sure I am right on this.

It was a Dodge Stratus. :rotflmao: EDIT: There was also a Dodge Ram with a Cummins Turbodiesel that was keeping a good pace with the 3er for quite some distance earlier in the video.

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Agreed, 110 percent.